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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could be said for the characters in Dinesen's stories?
(a) They lived for themselves.
(b) They were very religious.
(c) They were evil.
(d) They were one-dimensional.

2. What did Dinesen do after being at home in Denmark for awhile?
(a) Moved to America.
(b) Married for the second time.
(c) Traveled the world.
(d) Returned to Africa.

3. What did Dinesen's family help her do that was a positive thing?
(a) Buy a home in Denmark.
(b) Establish a school.
(c) Re-established her literary career.
(d) Start a jewelry business.

4. Where did Denys take Dinesen in 1929?
(a) America.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) India.

5. What split Dinesen and Denys apart for a while?
(a) His travel.
(b) Her illness.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) Bror.

6. Dinesen's stories about Bjornvig in the 1950s were about _______________________.
(a) platonic friends.
(b) the collision of geniuses.
(c) soul mates.
(d) love without sex.

7. What type of surgery did Dinesen have in 1955?
(a) Hip.
(b) Spine.
(c) Heart.
(d) Foot.

8. When Dinesen was in her 70s, she was ___________________.
(a) near death.
(b) active.
(c) thin and pale.
(d) vivacious.

9. Which of the following does NOT describe Dinesen upon her return to her parents' home in Denmark?
(a) Amiable.
(b) Bad-tempered.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Hypersensitive.

10. What role did Dinesen play in her relationship with Bjornvig?
(a) She financially supported him.
(b) She abused him.
(c) She dominated him.
(d) She babied him.

11. Which of the following does NOT describe Denys?
(a) Anxious to be a father.
(b) Dinesen's soul mate.
(c) Emotional and clinging.
(d) A confirmed bachelor.

12. How old was Dinesen when she and Bror divorced?
(a) 27.
(b) 32.
(c) 55.
(d) 40.

13. How did Dinesen feel about this period of her life (mid-1920s)?
(a) It was a time she would like to forget.
(b) It was a time of good and bad.
(c) It was the high point of her life.
(d) It was a pleasant time.

14. Dinesen considered herself to be ___________________ more than a novelist.
(a) a storyteller.
(b) a wife.
(c) a daughter.
(d) an artist.

15. Durind Dinesen's time, competing with a man was considered to be ___________________.
(a) a waste of time.
(b) admirable.
(c) unwomanly.
(d) amusing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of Dinesen's stories during this period address ______________________.

2. What did Dinesen try to do after Bror left?

3. What did Dinesen help with during the war?

4. What did Dinesen believe about her relationship with Bjornvig?

5. What was the result of the disease's impact on Dinesen?

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